Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of a ban on electronic collars in containment systems on the number of domestic cats killed on the road.

Defra recently consulted on a proposal to ban the use of electronic training collars on dogs and cats and invited respondees to provide evidence on potential impacts as a result of such a ban. Defra is currently analysing the responses to the consultation.